"I want to be slim. I tried to be slim. Gym, diet, pills, nothing worked" Memories of my childhood flash in.
I stop touching the animal and look down at myself
"She said I look like overnight dough" I don't know why I'm saying this to a kid. But he looks nonchalant and he seems willing to listen
"Dough is supposed to rise. That's the whole point" I turn to look at him.
"Are you saying I'm supposed to be fat?"
"I don't know. We're in front of a big elephant who's in a zoo with many other animals of different shapes" Confused, I stare at him
"I'm saying, calling someone overnight dough isn't an insult considering it's doing what it's meant to do. If she doesn't like it, you chase her out of your kitchen" His words seem to make sense but at the same time, I'm confused so, I raise my b
